by Doug Mayo | Mar 31, 2017
For the past few weeks I have shared more serious videos, so I thought it might be good to lighten up the mood a little this week and feature a video of America’s funniest veterinarian, Baxter Black. Baxter has produced a number of humorous cowboy poetry...
by Jennifer Bearden | Mar 24, 2017
Spring is a good time to walk your pastures to scout for toxic weeds. Summer pastures are just greening up, but are still short, and warm season weeds are just beginning to pop up out of the ground. In almost every case, it is much easier to kill small weeds as young...
by Mark Mauldin | Mar 24, 2017
Every fall producers select which cool season forage varieties they want to utilize in their operations and by the following spring some are happy with the choices they made and others are not. In an effort to help producers make a more informed decision, UF/IFAS...
by Doug Mayo | Mar 24, 2017
In the fall of 2016, USDA’s Animal Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed the presence of screwworms in the Florida Keys. The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) announced on March 18, 2017 that they were winding down their...
by Doug Mayo | Mar 24, 2017
Source: Alabama Department of Agriculture & Industries On Tuesday, March 21, 2017, Alabama State Veterinarian, Dr. Tony Frazier, confirmed that a flock of chickens at a commercial poultry breeding operation located in Pickens County, and a backyard flock located...
by Doug Mayo | Mar 24, 2017
This weeks featured video provides an honest look at how cattle are handled at meat packing plants. Dr Temple Grandin, Professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University, widely considered to be the world’s leading expert on humane animal handling,...